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.....not just hang out and write lyrics with boy bands. ...

That's a little brutal! (ha, ha) The point you may be missing is that maybe Gregory really likes that type of music, has a blast writing it and wants to keep doing it. Therefore he needs to get into those "circles" to be successful. ... and if he really likes it, who are we to judge -- even if we don't see the appeal.

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...somebody has to make a stand and put in words what most people just think.

I hear where you are coming from. I liked that Airplanes song -- until the guy started rapping. I just don't get that. Early rap was the street poetry of the ghetto -- now it is soulless. But in the end, we can't stop pop music nor should we try. It is a big world with lots of choices.

Kevin

"Good science comes in peer reviewed journals. Conspiracy theories come in YouTube videos. "
Kevin @ bandcamp: Crows Say Vee-Eh